Department of Physiology & Cell Biology

In 2014, the Department of Physiology and the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience merged to form the Department of Physiology & Cell Biology. The department is overseen by Dr. Troy Stevens, the Lenoir Louise Locke Chair of Physiology and Cell Biology. Read our news release about Dr. Stevens' appointment to this position.

Dr. Stevens also is director of the University of South Alabama Center for Lung Biology. The CLB is comprised of more than 40 faculty members and 25 postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and graduate students representing both basic and clinical science departments, all interested in some aspect of lung biology.